Ferrari speeds up SF-24 upgrade program; new updates scheduled for F1 Dutch GP at Zandvoort

Ferrari's Strong Start in 2024 Ferrari in Formula 1 is doing what it can in a 2024 Championship that in some ways is absurd the Marinello team started strong it wasn't at the level of Red Bull but was quite close and above all compared to the previous year the Gap towards the reigning world champion team was significantly smaller the Prancing horse seemed to have new energy and strength because the track team wasn't making mistakes strategy finally didn't seem like a problem while the sf24 single seater hit the track and was immediately balanced showing an optimal correlation with the simulator and to top it off the updates appeared quick and efficient all of this lasted until The Monaco Grand Prix Turning Point the Monaco Grand Prix where Charles L Clerk's High Point At Home in the streets of the principality seemed like a springboard towards glory in this context others were certainly not just Red Bull and McLaren's Threat watching despite the fact that Red Bull cautious and patient was quite confident in expanding its trophy collection Ferrari and especially McLaren were threateningly close the woking team was quite good technically because the further Leap Forward made at the amola circuit clarified one thing the MCL 38 could fight for race victories if optimized properly then as if that Mercedes' Technical Struggles and Breakthrough wasn't enough Mercedes also managed to get things in order the new pushrod rear suspension baffled the vehicle Dynamics Department the same went for the aerodynamics team who in Formula 1 couldn't find the correct working point of the floor a key component for generating clean down force in this era of wing cars then somewhat suddenly for the Brackley team the excessive amount of numbers thrown randomly on the work tables in the factory started to make sense just Ferrari's Downfall when things were looking good Ferrari dropped the ball they lost the technical thread and everything as they say in these cases went down the drain a classic of our times because the scenario just described has unfortunately been accompanying the Marinello team for a long time now this is the sad truth last Sunday Ferrari A Podium Finish in Belgium secured a podium in the Belgian Grand Prix with Charles ler a good result considering that the 7.4 km circuit despa Frank Coram along with Monza are the two most challenging tracks for the SF 24 single seater given the track characteristics and the main weaknesses of the Formula 1 car therefore starting from pole position and finishing on the third step of the podium in both cases thanks to retirements of direct Rivals should still be accepted with some happy by fans the analysis of the Belgian Grand Prix for the red team is rather easy to do the main point is the fact that the pace was clearly not good enough to fight for the race win the chosen setup wasn't optimal or rather it was for what the sf24 single seater can offer Charles lerk and Carlos Saints at the moment but not enough to bring home the victory the Ferrari technicians chose to maximize top speeds aware of its big limitation namely drag they did this because on the racing circuit that unfolds through the Arden forests not going fast enough on the straight is far too limiting in terms of overall lap time the Italian side therefore produced a specific low drag Wing that we will probably see again in September in Italy at the Temple of speed the critical Factor concerns exactly this aspect because maximizing top speeds with a low downforce setup and being easily overtaken by Mercedes and McLaren is not very appealing agreed Max for St and stayed behind but his Red Bull had a medium down for setup if he had passed to it would have been disastrous then there's the tire issue Ferrari has made progress in Tire management during the qualifying session it seems so even though only Charles L clerk succeeded in Q3 by optimizing the outlab on the contrary his Marinello teammate suffered quite a lot so we don't know if it's correct to talk about progress or not undoubtedly at least tactically the choice to use a brand new set of green banded plli tires in the final qualifying attempt paid off for Charles L cler therefore we await further confirmation from this perspective the same goes for the race as on hard tires the red car performed very well in the middle stint while on the medium tires it couldn't find the ideal pace for this reason Lewis Hamilton easily took the lead on lap three able to head the pack without ever being challenged by the monagas driver Performance of the SF-24 car on Hard tires there is an additional reflection to make regarding the performance of the sf24 car on on hard tires in the third stint the cars are lighter and therefore with progressively less fuel cornering speeds increase as the need to manage the tires is less this is a context Ferrari struggled with because bringing more speed into the corners caused the annoying aerodynamic bouncing to resurface this bouncing limited the performance of the white banded tires buried the few remaining hopes of Victory and along with the other factors mentioned above contributed to Oscar pastry's overtake in Formula 1 any action taken is preceded by a very precise motivation whether right or wrong considering that in the top category of Motorsport these decisions are often made in a matter of seconds more often than one might think all these actions preceded by the reasons for making the choices are nothing but life in Motorsport finding a sense in all this is not always easy the tight timings combined with the difficulties can cause logic to be lost in an instant fa with this confusion releasing stress and taking a moment to pause seems more necessary than ever this is why the just started holidays are useful the time to relax the brain has arrived the last consideration of this video concerns the updates according to our information Ferrari has been working for some time to produce further updates it remains to be seen how and in which area of the car in this case the news concerns the timing apparently the goal is to present some updates at the resumption of the 2024 Formula 1 championship at the Dutch Ground Prix to be precise which could hopefully improve the performance of the SF 24 car Ferrari team principal Fred Ferrari: Fred Vasseur's plan vaser confirmed that the Italian side is pushing like hell to get its lingering high-speed bouncing problem under control Ferrari's bouncing in high-speed Corners was an unwanted side effect of the new floor introduced at the circuit de catalunia in the Spanish Grand Prix after back-to-back tests in Silverstone the Marinello team applied temporary fixes that alleviated the problem but it is still seeking a permanent solution after the summer break while the issue was less pronounced at the circuit despa Fran Oram especially until the final stint of the Belgian Grand Prix it is set to reappear at the high downforce swoops of xand vort unless Ferrari can roll out a solution for the Dutch Grand Prix immediately after the mandatory twoe summer shutdown after last Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix where the bouncing issue reappeared with lighter fuel loads Fred vur stated that fixing the bouncing is a step in performance and assured that they were pushing hard to bring a solution as soon as possible the French manager mentioned that simulating the bouncing was quite impossible because it could appear or disappear from session to session depending on factors like wind direction indicating that they were all on the edge of this problem at the same time Frederick vesser indicated that with all teams finding it increasingly difficult to bring significant gains to their 2024 Formula 1 cars Ferrari has to keep Taking Chances with its aerodynamic upgrades due to the massive difference every tenth of performance can make in the pecking order he mentioned that they have some metrics to predict if they will be in a better shape or not but they are also driven by the potential performance gains from adding a bit more downforce he acknowledged that while they have made a huge step forward so has everyone else noting that they are developing much closer to the Limit consequently they are always playing with the bouncing issues to stay competitive and if they overshoot they have to take a step back